Author Topic: Pitfalls of an online romance (Read 4461 times)

Smooth Groove · « **on:** January 16, 2013, 11:39:48 PM »

http://msn.foxsports.com/collegefootball/story/notre-dame-manti-teo-girlfriend-lennay-kekua-death-apparently-hoax-011613

Sad if true, but I lean towards him making everything up. But why? Dude is not bad looking and is gonna be drafted pretty high in the NFL.

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #1 on:** January 16, 2013, 11:45:32 PM »

After the title game, his draft stock dropped like a rock. This probably ain't helping it. I'll be surprised if he goes in the top 3 rounds now.

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #2 on:** January 16, 2013, 11:47:43 PM »

The confusing thing is that he made the story up when his stock was still high. He should have been getting ass easy in a football crazy town.

OptimoPeach · « **Reply #3 on:** January 16, 2013, 11:50:24 PM »

He's gay

bachikarn · « **Reply #4 on:** January 16, 2013, 11:50:57 PM »

The sob story is pretty much the reason why he initially got so much national recognition. He really wasn't THAT good, but he almost won the Heisman.

Snuflupagulus · « **Reply #5 on:** January 17, 2013, 12:06:28 AM »

White roses couldn't be more apt/ironic.

http://www.oldroses.org/roses/colors.asp

White roses:

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Purity, Innocence, Silence, Secrecy, Reverence, Humility, Youthfulness, "I am worthy of you", Heavenly

etiolate · « **Reply #6 on:** January 17, 2013, 12:26:48 AM »

http://teoing.tumblr.com/

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #7 on:** January 17, 2013, 12:48:30 AM »

Quote from: etiolate on January 17, 2013, 12:26:48 AM

http://teoing.tumblr.com/

Teoing is no different than Tebowing: both involve a display of affection to a person that does not exist. /r/atheism

Momo · « **Reply #8 on:** January 17, 2013, 01:17:18 AM »

Quote from: OptimoPeach on January 16, 2013, 11:50:24 PM

He's gay

Makes sense

Shadow Mod · « **Reply #9 on:** January 17, 2013, 01:30:21 AM »

Pretty obvious he knew. If it was online only and he was genuinely duped he wouldn't have mentioned meeting her.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #10 on:** January 17, 2013, 01:35:43 AM »

And he expects people to believe that he didn't know this girl never existed.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #11 on:** January 17, 2013, 01:38:40 AM »

I wonder how different this outrage would be if the story worked and he won the Heisman lol

Dear Detroit Lions,

don't fucking draft this dude in the first round. Draft Jarvis Jones

love,
PD

Shadow Mod · « **Reply #12 on:** January 17, 2013, 01:38:46 AM »

They met at a game first then it went online right? Then they met a couple times afterwards? That's where he fucked up. You can't really make people up these days with such a high profile and internet sleuthing. The most pathetic part is how journalists ran with this shit without any sort of real detective work. A bunch of you watched the Wire right? I immediately thought of the kid in the wheelchair story on this one.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #13 on:** January 17, 2013, 01:44:41 AM »

Quote from: Needs More Cowbell on January 17, 2013, 01:38:46 AM

The most pathetic part is how journalists ran with this shit without any sort of real detective work.

That's the most incredible part. They had her name, where she went to college, and the place and date of her funeral. Did they check on any of this? Nope.

Shadow Mod · « **Reply #14 on:** January 17, 2013, 01:46:29 AM »

Quote from: Great Rumbler on January 17, 2013, 01:44:41 AM

Quote from: Needs More Cowbell on January 17, 2013, 01:38:46 AM
The most pathetic part is how journalists ran with this shit without any sort of real detective work.

That's the most incredible part. They had her name, where she went to college, and the place and date of her funeral. Did they check on any of this? Nope.

Seriously you'd think her family would want to weigh in on their daughter being some football martyr. Everyone too busy sucking football cock and making the game out to be some greater spectacle.

benjipwns · « **Reply #15 on:** January 17, 2013, 01:46:55 AM »

When a sportswriter is handed a perfect narrative on a silver platter they don't sully themselves with things like fact-checking or logical thinking.

EDIT: Actually that's not fair to those above Janet Cooke and Stephen Glass. Or whoever was involved in that Scott Beauchamp thing.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #16 on:** January 17, 2013, 01:48:50 AM »

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Manti Te’o Told Interviewer Lennay Kekua Wrote Him Letter Before Stanford Game, 31 Days After She Died

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #17 on:** January 17, 2013, 05:45:02 AM »

that is so fucking painful to watch, good fucking god

pilonv1 · « **Reply #18 on:** January 17, 2013, 06:32:11 AM »

Quote from: Creepy Old Guy on January 16, 2013, 11:45:32 PM

After the title game, his draft stock dropped like a rock. This probably ain't helping it. I'll be surprised if he goes in the top 3 rounds now.

I saw a tweet from some NFL dude who said he'd talked to some scouts and he will still go high "because we already draft guys who rob banks".

This still seems a pretty big red flag for me. But who knows.

One theory is that he's gay.

Vertigo · « **Reply #19 on:** January 17, 2013, 07:22:24 AM »

Whole story is suspect.

Are you telling me in this day and age he had no way to have a online video convo at least? His either covering or is a real sucker

Makes stuff like this even more hilarious.

tiesto · « **Reply #20 on:** January 17, 2013, 10:21:10 AM »

You'd think a college football player wouldn't really have any trouble with the ladies*.... making up a girlfriend is like what middle schoolers used to do - "oh yeah, she goes to another high school!".

*but what do I know, I constantly get asked why I am still single $:-\$

tiesto · « **Reply #21 on:** January 17, 2013, 10:22:10 AM »

Quote from: Flannel Boy on January 17, 2013, 12:48:30 AM

Quote from: etiolate on January 17, 2013, 12:26:48 AM
http://teoing.tumblr.com/

Teoing is no different than Tebowing: both involve a display of affection to a person that does not exist. /r/atheism

ToxicAdam · « **Reply #22 on:** January 17, 2013, 11:40:03 AM »

Maybe not gay, but has severe ED?

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #23 on:** January 17, 2013, 11:47:25 AM »

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/8851033/story-manti-teo-girlfriend-death-apparently-hoax

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Reagan Mauia, an Arizona Cardinals fullback, said he believes Kekua existed because he met her in person when he and other Polynesian teammates and Pittsburgh Steelers star Troy Polamalu went to do charity work in American Samoa in June 2011.

"This was before her and Manti," Mauia said Wednesday evening. "I don't think Manti was even in the picture, but she and I became good friends. We would talk off and on, just checking up on each other kind of thing. I am close to her family. When she was going through the loss of her father, I was -- I offered a comforting shoulder and just someone to bounce her emotions off. That was just from meeting her in Samoa."

Mauia said Tuiasosopo -- whom Mauia believes is Kekua's cousin -- introduced the two. After the initial meeting, Mauia said he met her at an "after-party" for all of the athletes involved in the camp.

"She was tall," he said. "Volleyball-type of physique. She was athletic, tall, beautiful. Long hair. Polynesian. She looked like a model ... "

Mauia said it is his understanding that Kekua's mother is operating her Twitter account. He said he'd never met her mother. When told by a reporter that she apparently might not have existed, Mauia said: "No, she is real."

This whole thing is just wtf

ToxicAdam · « **Reply #24 on:** January 17, 2013, 11:54:26 AM »

Yea, I saw that on ESPN this morning. Either he is trying to help out a brother or there really is some scam artist woman out there trying to be some NFL guy's trophy wife.

Don Flamenco · « **Reply #25 on:** January 17, 2013, 12:01:46 PM »

what the fluck is going on in this story

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #26 on:** January 17, 2013, 12:13:58 PM »

I don't even know what's going on anymore.

Don Flamenco · « **Reply #27 on:** January 17, 2013, 12:26:58 PM »

Quote from: Needs More Cowbell on January 17, 2013, 01:38:46 AM

A bunch of you watched the Wire right? I immediately thought of the kid in the wheelchair story on this one.

refresh my memory on that one...been a few years since I last saw the series.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #28 on:** January 17, 2013, 01:29:40 PM »

He'll still be drafted in the first round, but won't be top ten or even 15. The Alabama game hurt his stock the most, and this is just icing on the cake.

Himu · « **Reply #29 on:** January 17, 2013, 01:31:08 PM »

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #30 on:** January 17, 2013, 01:53:59 PM »

Huff · « **Reply #31 on:** January 17, 2013, 02:19:52 PM »

ESPN eating up the victim angle to no surprise.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #32 on:** January 17, 2013, 02:29:26 PM »

Quote from: Huff on January 17, 2013, 02:19:52 PM

ESPN eating up the victim angle to no surprise.

No surprise there, but I'm willing to bet that more of this story is going to come out soon and it's not going to be favorable to Te'o.

benjipwns · « **Reply #33 on:** January 17, 2013, 02:35:08 PM »

Quote from: Ruzbeh on January 17, 2013, 12:12:46 PM

You must be thinking of a different show...

Quote from: Don Flamenco on January 17, 2013, 12:26:58 PM

refresh my memory on that one...been a few years since I last saw the series.

Quote from: Ruzbeh on January 17, 2013, 12:30:29 PM

I guess she might mean that one confused homeless dude that McNulty tried to fake into being dead or something and that one shitty reporter lapped it up.

Before he gets roped into McNulty's thing he makes up a story about a disabled orphan kid who couldn't get into a baseball game.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #34 on:** January 17, 2013, 03:49:07 PM »

Quote from: Huff on January 17, 2013, 02:19:52 PM

ESPN eating up the victim angle to no surprise.

He's already admitted to lying about every single aspect of his relationship with her; meeting her at a Stanford game, talking on the phone with her every night until she fell asleep, being comforted by her parents, etc. Literally nothing that he said about her true. But now he's telling the truth for real guys, and the truth just so happens to be the situation that's the most convenient to explain and leaves him open for the least criticism.

brawndolicious · « **Reply #35 on:** January 17, 2013, 03:57:26 PM »

Quote from: Joe Molotov on January 17, 2013, 03:49:07 PM

Quote from: Huff on January 17, 2013, 02:19:52 PM
ESPN eating up the victim angle to no surprise.

He's already admitted to lying about every single aspect of his relationship with her; meeting her at a Stanford game, talking on the phone with her every night until she fell asleep, being comforted by her parents, etc. Literally nothing that he said about her true. But now he's telling the truth for real guys, and the truth just so happens to be the situation that's the most convenient to explain and leaves him open for the least criticism.

That he's gay?

Brehvolution · « **Reply #36 on:** January 17, 2013, 04:23:38 PM »

Skip Bayless takes Te'o's' side. That's the kiss of death right there.

Shadow Mod · « **Reply #37 on:** January 17, 2013, 05:22:44 PM »

Quote from: benjipwns on January 17, 2013, 02:35:08 PM

Before he gets roped into McNulty's thing he makes up a story about a disabled orphan kid who couldn't get into a baseball game.

Dat feel good sports story.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #38 on:** January 17, 2013, 05:48:05 PM »

Quote from: am nintenho on January 17, 2013, 03:57:26 PM

Quote from: Joe Molotov on January 17, 2013, 03:49:07 PM
Quote from: Huff on January 17, 2013, 02:19:52 PM
ESPN eating up the victim angle to no surprise.

He's already admitted to lying about every single aspect of his relationship with her; meeting her at a Stanford game, talking on the phone with her every night until she fell asleep, being comforted by her parents, etc. Literally nothing that he said about her true. But now he's telling the truth for real guys, and the truth just so happens to be the situation that's the most convenient to explain and leaves him open for the least criticism.

That he's gay?

Although it would be interesting to see what coming out as gay would do to his draft stock, I don't think that would be in his best interest.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #39 on:** January 17, 2013, 05:53:42 PM »

I don't think being gay would have an impact on his draft stock. Besides, his teammates were confused by his hoax because he was banging chicks on campus.

Players with worse personal aspects have been drafted high. I'd be very surprised if he doesn't go in the first round - at least, as of right now. Maybe he'll do horrible at the combine who knows.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #40 on:** January 17, 2013, 06:10:37 PM »

Quote from: Huff on January 17, 2013, 02:19:52 PM

ESPN eating up the victim angle to no surprise.

They have to, otherwise it makes them look like a terrible news outlet. Not that they already aren't that.

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #41 on:** January 17, 2013, 06:39:07 PM »

Pretty much the only thing worth watching on ESPN is SVP & Russillo.

Snuflupagulus · « **Reply #42 on:** January 17, 2013, 06:41:35 PM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on January 17, 2013, 01:53:59 PM

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oh lawdy!

pilonv1 · « **Reply #43 on:** January 17, 2013, 06:51:27 PM »

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #44 on:** January 17, 2013, 07:10:43 PM »

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #45 on:** January 17, 2013, 07:16:19 PM »

Okay, that one wins.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #46 on:** January 17, 2013, 07:51:38 PM »

Jonathan Chait takes ND to the woodshed

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The story is utterly shocking, unless you’re familiar with the history of the mythology of Notre Dame football.

Fake, schmaltzy inspirational tales are the essence of the culture of the program. The inspirational story of Knute Rockne and his dying player, George Gipp, became a famous movie that helped enshrine Notre Dame football in the culture. In reality, Rockne was an ethically dubious sports gambler, Gipp a pool hustler, and the main events of the story — Gipp’s dying wish to “win one for the Gipper,” Rockne’s inspirational halftime speech — never happened.

Likewise, Rudy is the inspirational story of a walk-on who overcame the odds to play football at Notre Dame, but the story is also filled with falsehoods. Rudy, by the way, turned out to be a stock scammer.

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/01/inspiring-tale-of-notre-dame-hero-totally-fake.html

you can tell he typed the article with maize and blue colored fonts

Shadow Mod · « **Reply #47 on:** January 17, 2013, 07:52:15 PM »

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And he claims he never visited her because she insisted he not miss any practices/games. Which is a weak argument but there you go.

Love how no one questioned this either. Reeks of movie cliche nonsense. "Don't bother seeing me, just play football and win for me baby." Uhuh.

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #48 on:** January 17, 2013, 08:48:28 PM »

Has anyone ever seen Jarosh or Cloudwalking?

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #49 on:** January 17, 2013, 08:57:22 PM »

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/17/us-sec-rudy-idUSTRE7BF1QQ20111217

Brehvolution · « **Reply #50 on:** January 17, 2013, 08:58:34 PM »

Quote from: Creepy Old Guy on January 17, 2013, 07:10:43 PM

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brawndolicious · « **Reply #51 on:** January 17, 2013, 09:05:46 PM »

Quote from: pilonv1 on January 17, 2013, 06:51:27 PM

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What's the story here?

Brehvolution · « **Reply #52 on:** January 17, 2013, 09:18:33 PM »

Trumps' a douche?

Ring any bells?

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #53 on:** January 17, 2013, 11:00:47 PM »

Manti Te'o > PD

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #54 on:** January 17, 2013, 11:08:31 PM »

Quote from: Flannel Boy on January 17, 2013, 11:00:47 PM

Manti Te'o > PD

At least I'm not a Mormon though

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #55 on:** January 17, 2013, 11:10:25 PM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on January 17, 2013, 11:08:31 PM

Quote from: Flannel Boy on January 17, 2013, 11:00:47 PM
Manti Te'o > PD

At least I'm not a Mormon though

at least his gf hoax lasted more than a mornin'.

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #56 on:** January 17, 2013, 11:11:18 PM »

I'm not judging. I'd create a fake gf, too, if I thought it was the least bit plausible.

ToxicAdam · « **Reply #57 on:** January 17, 2013, 11:28:32 PM »

I wonder how common it is for men and women to create fake relationships? Probably be hard for a sociologist to get an accurate number.

I know I have done it before in my life.

brawndolicious · « **Reply #58 on:** January 17, 2013, 11:33:54 PM »

Quote from: Zero Hero on January 17, 2013, 09:18:33 PM

Trumps' a douche?

Ring any bells?

I was wondering if he had a feud going on with deadspin. Seems kind of bad for a news site to randomly attack him like that.

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #59 on:** January 17, 2013, 11:39:57 PM »

Quote from: am nintenho on January 17, 2013, 11:33:54 PM

Quote from: Zero Hero on January 17, 2013, 09:18:33 PM
Trumps' a douche?

Ring any bells?

I was wondering if he had a feud going on with deadspin. Seems kind of bad for a news site to randomly attack him like that.

it's deadspin.

News:

Author Topic: Pitfalls of an online romance (Read 4461 times)